14 Related Articles, between 2018-12-21 and 2019-01-12

5 things to know for Friday, December 21, 2018. Saudi Arabia still owes Canada $1.84 billion for a shipment of light-armoured vehicles, adding a new layer of uncertainty to the already controversial arms deal. Here's what else you need to know to start your day. >>

‘Brave new Canadian’: Runaway Saudi woman reaches new home. Tired but smiling, an 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which had offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign. “This is Rahaf Alqunun, a very brave new Canadian,” Foreign... >>

‘Hacked’ WhatsApp messages reveal Khashoggi called Crown Prince a 'beast'. Omar Abdulaziz, who lives in Canada, said he believes he was hacked in August by Saudi authorities just two months before Khashoggi's brutal killing at the consulate in Istanbul. >>

Canada can't afford to cancel the Saudi arms deal — and the Trudeau government knows it: Robyn Urback. One could argue that $1 billion is a relatively small price to pay to cleanse Canada's foreign policy of one particularly odious entanglement — our arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The problem for the government is that the costs — economic and political — go well beyond that. >>

Canada is looking for a way out of big Saudi arms deal, says PM. Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, speaking in an interview that aired on Sunday, said for
the first time that his Liberal government was looking for a way
out of a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia. >>

Canada should not turn Saudi teen into a 'political football,' says former ambassador. By "milking" the decision to bring Rahaf al-Qunun to Canada, the Trudeau government could put her at greater risk, says Dennis Horak. >>

Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teen refugee arrives in Canada. Rahaf al-Qunun is granted asylum after fleeing her family in a drama that captured world headlines. >>

Saudi teen asylum-seeker fleeing alleged abuse by family arrives in Canada. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, the Saudi teen who was fleeing alleged abuse by her family, has arrived in Canada on Saturday. >>

Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse expected in Canada. An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she was abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back home is expected to arrive Saturday in Canada, which has granted her asylum >>

Scrapping $15B arms deal would barely hurt Saudis: former CSIS director. Scrapping the controversial $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia would end up hurting Canadian workers more than Saudi leaders, according to former CSIS director Richard Fadden. >>

The Latest: Saudi woman fleeing family arrives in Canada. An 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home has arrived Saturday in Canada, which has granted her asylum >>